Test Level 2: Word Usage (May 11) - CAT MCQ

A coach boosting morale through a pep talk

A young girl feeling shy in expressing her opinion

Disappearance of forests in the face of increasing urbanization

An excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor

A reporter printing a bad story against a businessman without strong evidence against him

A person experiencing simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting emotions

A newly hired intern who is willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority

An increasing interest in whole foods leading to larger natural-food sections

Reading every book one can lay hands on

Friend who always lets you know what she thinks about you

Developers indifferent to environmental concerns

Delight in acquiring things beyond the point of necessity

For many pop music fans, the rap and alternative-rock-dominated 90s were the nadir of musical expression.

The defeat was the nadir of her career.

If James was the paragon, Joe was the nadir.

A season of underachievement might have reached its nadir in a 48-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints, dropping the Eagles to 4-6.

The film's nadir arrives in a scene in which several characters shout-sing a Third Eye Blind song.

The notice was punched on to the display board of the college.

Adrenaline made her shake harder, and she prepared herself to fight, understanding the notice of her dead guards.

Sorry! I never noticed the carpet.

A copy of the notice was circulated in the school.

Did you notice the expressions on his face?

A person courageous in the face of danger

A room stripped of any adornment

A bare expanse of land exposed to wind

A speech that is marked by brevity

Contemplative

Lethargic

Contemptuous

Reprehensible

Wicked

Rashness

Arrogance

Frowardness 

Brusqueness

Audacity

Illusive

Grand

Hoary

Battered

Old

stoical

intrepid

timid

apostate

perfidious